Wired Windows to Windows connection
Hello,
I must say I am very impressed with your software. It was very easy to setup and it works really well. Do you think it is possible to do a usb connection from a windows sever to a windows viewer? The USB ipad connection works great. I have a small 2n1 Windows laptop/tablet that I am currently connecting over LAN. Would be great if I could do it over usb. Is there a technical limitation that prevents this use case?
Hi @nwellinghoff,
Currently, connecting the spacedesk Windows Viewer via USB is not yet supported.
Quote from nwellinghoff on 23/09/2025, 07:04Hello,
I must say I am very impressed with your software. It was very easy to setup and it works really well. Do you think it is possible to do a usb connection from a windows sever to a windows viewer? The USB ipad connection works great. I have a small 2n1 Windows laptop/tablet that I am currently connecting over LAN. Would be great if I could do it over usb. Is there a technical limitation that prevents this use case?
Hello,
USB is inherently designed as a Host-Device architecture. A USB connection requires one side to be the Host (the controller, like a PC, laptop, or server) and the other to be the Device (like a mouse, keyboard, iPad, or external drive). When you connect two standard Windows computers (like your Server and your laptop/viewer) directly with a standard USB cable, both are typically configured as Hosts. These connections are designed to connect a host to a device, or two compatible hosts/devices in specific, modern scenarios (like two monitors), but not as a general-purpose network link between two hosts. Windows does not have a native driver to treat the other computer as a simple networking device over a direct USB-to-USB cable designed for data transfer.